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Alexander spots~ood led kLs Knights Il tue
Csalsisn Hofszsaos . 1is sunlasit u tbs Blue
Eldgr mountains and hro1gh1 Lack glowing
deseriptlons q ths fertile region beyond,
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oBy. was established but ts0 years hefors
Shepherdsto~n, thersfors. = the eldest town
IN Vest Virginia Many traditions have
roms down 20 - from those early pioneeu
On tbs turnplke not far from the town i .
hoils1ss Just below what i known - the big
HUI" There. Is IS sid, tie IL 4izns hong
years ago bound white wo1n 90 an oak
tree and cruelty tortured her 70 death. And
n0~ The hslatsd traseisr A. he passes by h
sure n feel her warn breath Tan his chs<k
Il he has vivid imagination added 70 Tam
0SbanteF's faihng. In tbs woods just beyond
elanking chains are heard and headless horse
men abound. AMI the supsrstitious initiate tie
unfortunats Iehabod Crane, In thai they IN
variably meet one Of these Interesting spec
ters. though. unlike BIN, they live 20 tell the
tale 70 any weo -til be.isve. Between the
hollow sad the woods IN ante-resoluti0nary
DAYS, ssoed an tan known as Travelers' Rest,
and the story runs that Washington, when
on bis way ID survey Lord Fairfax's vast
territory q land, stopped there over night
and ycined in a dance that was going on
| The house. with It's old fashioned nreplaces
| set across the corners. was afterward altered
and added 70 a private residence, bat dur
| ing the civil war il was burned 10 the ground
| Across the railroad TO the eft OF the famous
| Morgan's spring, where In the early summer
OF 1s75 one OF the three companies
AZ Shepherdstown sent out 70 fight,
IN defense OF American hberty," the
| first in all the south TO cross the Potomac,
made It's celebrated bee line march for Bos-
| ton about which 30 much has been said and
sung. When Washington saw the familiar
| hunting shirts and heard them report from
the south bank OF The Potomac, IL b said he
shed tears Of JOY, and, disnounfing, walked
| down the line and grasped each hardy minute
man by the hand Ia every war that has oc-
CURED since tbaf-the Indian wars OF the
west. the war OF 1872. the Mexican war, the
Florida war and the late civil war-Shep-
herdstown has always borne her part, and
has been honorably represented by many of
her gallant sons- A quarter OF mile walk
down tho railroad track brings Us TO the
lower end Of the main street Of the town, a
mile OF neatly painted churches. dwelling
houses and stores. On the hill two brick
| churches face each other-the German Re
| formed and Lutheran. In the German Re-
formed ehurchyard are many old sandstone
| tombstones, roughly kewed and lettered in
| German. The o.des. are doubtless sunk in
| the ground or crumbled away a the remain
ing ones are half in that condition now.
The chime Of bells UP in the belfry has
reached a green old age and the solid ma
sonry OF the stone tower which was built for
it Is the only part now left OF the original
church where the Lutheran and German Re
formed congregations formerly worshipei
together The date on the oldest Of the three
bells is 1852, and the second bell was given
by Michael Yeasley, a worthy citizen OF the
| town When the bell arrived it was taken to
his house, still standing on the main street,
where it was filed with wine. and then both
minister and congregation joined in rather
unique fashion OF dedicating it 10 the church.
The custom OF tolling the. passing bell Is al
ways observed, and on New Years eve the
old chimes toll out ths dying year and ring in
a welcome 10 the new.
Shepherdstown Is well supplied with
churches and schools, and during its colonial
! life was quite a nourishing place. Among its
industries were tanneries, where, besides the
hides OF domestic animals. the skins OF deer
were prepared, buckskin breeches being the
ordinary wear Of its men. IL also had a gun
factory and one for making files, and they
tell US Of the time when goods from whole
sale houses were wagoued to Winchester and
all parts Of the lower valley. 1t has, besides
all this, furnished three governors to Ohio,
viz, Tiffin, Morrow and WorthiDgton, who
wore natives of the place, and five members
ingen, Bedinger and Boiler.
A few hundred yards more down the rniI
road track brings us to where the Shenan.
doab railroad bridge crosses the river at q
distance of 10 feet above the water. The
view from the bridge IS surprisingly beauti
full. with the smooth green slope of the Marv.
land shore down to the canal: and on the Vir.
ginia side the tall cliffs. with alternate bare
rocks and rich foliage. Near by Is the custo
mary Lovers Leap which every river
claims. This tale Is Of a dlsky Indiar
maiden and her lover from another tribe
Naturally, the match didn't happen to pleas
the old folk so the unhappy pair deter
mined to drown their woes aud precipitatee
themselves from the cliff into the river b
low. But greater interest than that Of In
dian legends pertains to Snepherdstown. for +
gave to the world the first success
ful steamboat. This boat was invented
/ by James RuTnsey. in f1S3. ard exlsib
tied 70 the pubic CD the Potomac her
in 1886, after having previously been testes
in private IA the presence Of number o.
Rnmsey's personal friends, among whom wa
Cen Washington Part Of the boiler of thh
steamboat was presented by Hon. A. r
Boiler, to the PhiladeIphia Historical society
ami the chain which worked over the boilsl
and was the motive power fen unhurt anlons
the ruins of Col Boilers library. when il wa
burned BY Gen. Hunter. IN 1S64 It was thsr
given to the Smithsonian institute. az Wash
inzton.
Runisey died in london Of spoplsry befor
he had completed his invention, and trentl
years later Robert Futon, whom Rumsey, II